6-555: Tellini may refer to: People [ edit ] Enrico Tellini , Italian General whose assassination was linked to the Corfu Incident . Piero Tellini , Italian screenwriter Other [ edit ] Tellini Affair , a term used to refer to the Corfu incident . Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
12-571: The First World War held various posts until he was badly wounded and captured in the battle of Caporetto . After the end of the hostilities, he commanded Italian troops in Albania. In 1923, Tellini was part of an Italian delegation sent by the League of Nations to survey the disputed border between Greece and Albania . He was shot and killed, along with four companions, when the car he
18-614: The country. The Greek government denied responsibility and blamed Albanian bandits in the area. Benito Mussolini demanded 50 million lira in reparations from Greece and the execution of the assassins. On 31 August 1923 Italian troops occupied Corfu in the Corfu incident . Reginald Leeper , the British ambassador at Athens in 1945, in a letter to the British Foreign Secretary in April 1945 mentioned that
24-497: The title Tellini . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tellini&oldid=719264630 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Enrico Tellini Enrico Tellini (25 August 1871 – 27 August 1923)
30-757: Was an Italian general whose assassination provoked the Corfu incident of 1923. Enrico Tellini was born in Castelnuovo di Garfagnana in the province of Lucca in Tuscany . After a childhood in Florence and enlistment in the Italian army he enrolled in classes at a local military college in Florence. In 1901 he was promoted to the rank of major. He participated in the Italo-Turkish War and during
36-665: Was driving in was stopped by a fallen tree across the road that ran along the disputed border near the town of Ioannina on the way to the Albanian border. The responsible persons were never found. The incident occurred close to the disputed border and could have been carried out by either side. However, the Italians under Benito Mussolini , blamed the Greek side. The Greek side refused any responsibility. The Italians claimed Greece as responsible and there were anti-Greek retaliations in
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